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Søren W. Eskildsen; Maria Jensen – Classroom Discourse, 2024
Design and content of classroom activities are crucial to foreign/second (L2) language learners' motivation, be they children or adults. Lifeworld relevance and learner autonomy are two important aspects in building motivational L2 curricula for adults (e.g.), but such considerations rarely filter through to primary school learners due to…
Descriptors: Learner Controlled Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, English Language Learners
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Laursen, Helle Pia; Kolstrup, Kirsten L. – Classroom Discourse, 2018
Previous studies of clarification requests in conversations involving second language users typically view such requests as important to obtain 'comprehensible input' or as a form of repair resulting in a sidetrack from the ongoing conversation. This article argues that clarification requests potentially have a much deeper influence on the course…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Second Language Learning, Classroom Communication, Semiotics